>Rick,
>If this is something worth timing for you, then wouldn't you think creating a FLL with C++ or Activex with C#? I made a quick one liner with C# and it was 4x faster than the fastest (alines).
>
>

>string MyReverse(string lcForward)
>{
>	return string.Join(", ", lcForward.Split(',').Select(f => f.Trim()).Reverse());
>}
>

Some elegant code there, Cetin. I am always impressed with your abilities.

I had that thought. I wasn't prepared to so invest in it. :-)

In the app this is for, it's used to reverse the order of target email addresses in in a To:, Cc:, or Bcc: line. There should only be a couple hundred at most, and more than likely fewer than ten 98% of the time.